As reported by Rolling Stone, Guy Sigsworth and Imogen Heap have resurrected their electronic band Frou Frou for a new song and an upcoming tour. The duo disbanded in 2003, enjoying a bit of a resurgence in the years after as their music became an early-2000s soundtrack staple (Garden State will do that to a band),…
Iconic ‘60s-’70s sketch comedy series Laugh-In still holds a bit of pop culture weight, especially for people who remember how often it was a reference point for ‘90s cartoons, and now Netflix is planning to bring it back with a 50th anniversary special called Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate. This comes from Rolling Stone
If we’re being honest here, the gradual Dad-ening of Will Smith has been something of a beautiful thing to behold, as the former sitcom star and hotshot action smartass has gradually evolved into the sort of corny-but-lovable dude who might release a dead-on imitation of his own son’s music videos one day, then drop…
Today is April 20, one of those dates that seems to come weirdly pre-loaded with cultural significance—whether you’re talking about weed, 20th century dictators, or the state of school safety in good old 2019. (And, hey: Shout-out to everyone going absolutely buck-wild celebrating the 1912 death of Dracula author Bram…
John Singleton, the Oscar-nominated writer and director of Boyz N The Hood, has reportedly been hospitalized this week in the aftermath of what’s being described as a “mild” stroke. Per TMZ, Singleton checked himself into the hospital after experience weakness in his legs shortly after a flight from Costa Rica, and is…
“Sincerity” is not a tone often evoked in the world of late-night TV talk. But when it does arrive, it’s often at the hands of Stephen Colbert, who—despite his irony-soaked beginnings—has always known when to get real with his audience. Said real Colbert was in full display earlier this week, when he took time out of …
Taped on Tuesday but broadcast as part of Friday’s show (as is Stephen Colbert’s sneaky way), last night’s Late Show interview with guest Robert De Niro was enjoyably halting, if that’s a thing. Colbert was upfront about what he was expecting from the infamously terse and no-bullshit De Niro, prefacing his questions…
Let’s not beat around the Bulbasaur here, people: The concept for Sam Haft’s new comedy video, “True Detective Pikachu” is pretty much all right there in the title. It’s classic online comedy fodder: Take the upcoming Ryan Reynolds lightning rat vehicle Detective Pikachu, fill it with a lot of grisly murders and…
Continuing a lifelong commitment to not shutting the fuck up, sitting quietly in a villa somewhere, and just being glad he’s not in jail, Roman Polanski announced that he’s suing the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences today, hoping to force it to overturn its decision to expel him from its membership. Said…
Mimicking so many aspects of modern human existence—in which we all typically just sort of pretend to grapple with rising complexity and choices for a few minutes, before throwing up our hands and letting the chaos decide for us—Netflix is reportedly testing out a couple of new features that would inject a little…
The “classic TV series reboot” is an established and inescapable factor of the television landscape these days, with executives and writers eagerly hoovering up whatever lingering traces of lasting sentiment or nostalgia might be associated with a given, ostensibly moribund property. At this point, there have now been…
Whether or not it’s due to being knocked unconscious by one of the seemingly endless array of things that can fall on you in a big-box store, showrunner Justin Spitzer is clocking out of NBC’s superlative sitcom Superstore.
Almost 30 years after its release, a vital character within When Harry Met Sally is getting the attention it deserves: Harry Burns’ fashion. GQ recently took the time to rank every single one of his outfits in the quintessential rom-com, and if you’ve ever witnessed his chunky “I’m sick, but I need to look…
It’s possible to get away with just about anything if you’re cute enough. Take, for example, the dog who chewed through a blanket belonging to The Washington Post’s Mary Beth Albright only to be rewarded with viral fame.
In the most unexpected country crossover since LL Cool J and Brad Paisley joined forces to solve racism, the banjo-pickin’, fiddle-playin’ boys of Nashville’s The Hit Points have covered Super Mario World’s “Athletic Theme.” Unlike the regrettable example above, though, their genre exercise is actually very good and,…
In 1989, a group of Harlem teenagers were coerced into confessing to the rape and assault of a Central Park jogger, serving years in prison before being retroactively exonerated. The response to the incident was the kind that, for a spell, yanks the mask off of America’s deep undercurrent of racism, with none other…
Chris Hemsworth has never shied away from honest critique of his own work, and his turn as the God Of Thunder has never been immune to his brand of thoughtful candor. In fact, during an interview with GQ just last August he waved off Thor: The Dark World as “meh,” which wasn’t exactly met with a ton of dissent. He…
Lorraine Warren, the chronicler of supernatural and psychic phenomena whose work inspired The Conjuring franchise, has died. Her son-in-law, Tony Spera, confirmed the news to Patch. She was 92.
Animals, they’re (almost) always at our sides ready to give unconditional love at every turn. So when things happen to these dearest beasts, a part of you might get lost. Well, for a homeless man in Australia, that exact thing happened. But don’t despair too much, because it has a happy ending.
Manga legend Kazuo Koike has died after a struggle with pneumonia, according to a post on the author’s Twitter account. The influential Lone Wolf And Cub and Lady Snowblood creator creator was 82.
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